All photos courtesy of Lt.
R. Leech, Official Historian of the 11th Bomb Squadron.

The two remaining
ships became separated in the instrument weather, One of them getting into Kunming, the
other running out of gas some miles north. The crew jumped to safety, however, and reached
Kunming two weekslater.

At this time, then, there were in
Kunming two planes, three crews and 15 ground crewmen sent up by transport 2 June. On 10
June, three more B-25's arrived with complete crews, and six days later three more ships
came in, bringing the strength to eight ships. Among these crews were Major William
E. Basye. Veteran of the Java campaign as a member of a B-17 outfit, now arriving
as Commanding Officer of the 11th, and seven men who had received the Distinguished
Flying Cross (War Dept. Radiogram No. 377, 14 May, 1942). As members of
Brigadier-General James H. Doolittle's famed Tokyo raid. These officers
and men were:

Capt. Everett W. Holstrom

Ist Lt. Lucian N. Youngblood

1st Lt. Clayton J. Campbell

1st Lt. Horace E. Crouch

M/Sgt. Edwin W. Horton, Jr.

T/Sgt. Adam R. Williams

S/Sgt. Douglas V. Radney

Ten enlisted men arrived on 18
June to augment the ground crews and the rest of the month was devoted to the work of
smoothing out Squadron organization and working on equipment. The lower turrets were
considered of little use and were taken out, twin thirty-calibre machine
guns being mounted in the opening along lines designated by Lt. Elmer L. Tarbox who,
in addition to pilot duties, was Squadron Armaments Officer. Later events provided
plentiful opportunity to test the installation in actual combat and the arrangement proved
to be very satisfactory.

All photos courtesy ofLt. R. Leech,
Official Historian of the 11th Bomb Squadron.